Interestingly, Utah has beaten their preseason prediction 8 years in a row. And I think they’ll do it again this year. But when you need a bucket and your go-to guys are Timmy Allen and Both Gach, it’s hard to think you’re a top-half-of-the-conference team. I’d say Utah finishes around 7th, with no postseason. The only way it gets better than that for me is if one or two of these highly-touted freshmen comes through in a huge way.

It this team can find a few shooters we will be much more fun to watch this year. If we don’t have a mass exodus like we do every year this team will be great in 2 or 3 years… like really really good. That is a huge if though

As usual in the program, development of newcomers will be key. The tougher non-conference schedule could (hopefully) help with that by the time Pac-12 play rolls around. I expect them to exceed media expectations because they do so every year, but not sure a top 4 finish is in the cards this year.